How to write the sounds made by ducks in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | kwaak |
| Albanian | mak-mak |
| Arabic | (wak-wak) وق وق (batbata) بطبطة |
| Basque | par-par |
| Batak | kuak-kuak |
| Bengali | pnak pnak |
| Bulgarian | па-па (paa paa) |
| Catalan | coac-coac, mec-mec, qüec-qüec |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 嘎嘎 (gā gā), 呱呱 (guā guā) |
| Croatian | kva kva |
| Czech | káč káč |
| Danish | rap rap |
| Dutch | kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak |
| English | quack |
| Estonian | prääk prääk, prääks prääks |
| Finnish | kvaak kvaak |
| French | coin coin |
| German | quak quak |
| Greek (Modern) |
κουάκ κουάκ (kuak kuak) |
| Hebrew | (gaʕ gaʕ) גַּע־גַּע |
| Hungarian | háp háp |
| Icelandic | bra bra |
| Irish (Gaelic) | bheac bheac |
| Indonesian | kwek kwek |
| Italian | qua qua |
| Japanese | ガーガー (gā gā) |
| Kazakh | қақ-қақ (qaq-qaq) |
| Korean | 꽥꽥 (kkwaek kkwaek) |
| Latvian | pēk pēk |
| Lithuanian | kva kva |
| Macedonian | ква ква (kva kva) |
| Marathi | पक पक (pak pak) |
| Nepali | braaaq caaq |
| Norweigan | kvakk kvakk |
| Persian (Farsi) |
mak-mak |
| Polish | kwa kwa kwa |
| Portuguese | quá quá, quak quak |
| Romanian | mac mac |
| Russian | кря-кря (krja krja) |
| Scottish Gaelic | mhàg mhàg, fàg, ràc |
| Serbian | квак (kvak) |
| Spanish | cua cua |
| Swedish | kvack kvack |
| Tagalog | kwak kwak |
| Tamil | kua kua |
| Thai | ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap) |
| Turkish | vak vak |
| Ukrainian | ках ках (kakh kakh) |
| Vietnamese | cạp cạp |
| Welsh | cwac cwac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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